409 The weekend- Excalibur & Natural Magic

 

• Mar. 25, 2002

   

  Excalibur: Made $74 or something like that on Saturday, and $36.50 on
  sunday.
  
  Natural Magic: $124 on Sunday. About half what I usually make at
  their event, but very good, anyway.
  
  Much better 'energy' at NM, nicer people, nicer neighbors as vendors.
  They'll be at Scarborough--gorgeous painted silks.
  
  It was a fun day. Elena and Fred came by and helped me take stuff
  down at the end of the day--it goes very quickly when there is
  someone to help.
  
  I am tired today, but not too bad. I'll go to bed early, right after
  I get done with my class tonite.
  
  I got smacked with an EZ up yesterday--the fire twirler's eZ up got
  away from her in the high wind and hit me and my car. The car is
  scratched on the right back door. But no windows were broken, and one
  of the poles that hit my wrist didn't break my wrist....it was a very
  wierd thing to have happen. But I am glad my car took the damage and
  not my body :) I called my insurance agent this a.m. to see what
  should be done.
  
  Everything that came back from Excalibur was very dusty. I'm sure Liz
  was not excited about being so gritty & nasty. Poor thing. She did
  pretty well, saleswise, for a Sunday at Excalibur.
  
  There was a vendor meeting sun. a.m. where they passed out the
  contracts for next year. No popups next year, they say. They want us
  all in Panther Primitives or similar. Those are expensive tents. And
  totally not worth it, considering that I just broke even this
  weekend. Finally made my booth fee back! So...Excalibur was a
  learning experience but I will not be doing it again. Not to mention
  that I don't ever want to see Diana, Mike, Annette, and Annette's kid
  EVER again,or listen to them bitching at each other. Elena says no
  wonder they haven't sold anything,and that they've probably poisoned
  my atmosphere too.
  
  I really don't like Excalibur's 'vibe'.